ALYNDA LEE SEGARRA:“IT TOOK ME A WHILE TO GET DOWN WITH BEYONCÉ”

DORA MORTIMER MEETS THE NATIVE NEW YORKER BEHIND COUNTRY MUSIC OUTSIDERS, HURRAY FOR THE RIFF RAFF

HURRAY FOR THE RIFF RAFF

Country music has never been cool. I really like country music. I’ll argue against the ropes for its inherent queerness. I have a friend who switches the TV off at the slightest whiff of a six-stringed guitar. I am not that person. I am the person who asks the Uber driver to turn up Country FM.

Cut to me, very excited to be sharing a green room with Alynda Lee Segarra of Hurray For The Riff Raff before their Leicester show. Along with artists like Alabama Shakes, HFTRR form part of a movement politicising country music. With its chequered nationalist history, does Segarra see herself as working within a country tradition or queering it?

About DIVA Magazine

We are delighted to have singer songwriter Lucy Spraggan on the cover of our 250th issue, talking to Roxy Bourdillon about music, marriage and adulting like a boss. Read our interview, and don’t forget to check out our exclusive behind the scenes video and some extra shots from our shoot in east London.
Also in this special anniversary issue…
DIVA Awards: The winners!
Looking back at 23 years of lez/bi life
DIVA columnists Heather Peace and Jane Hill reflect on the how their lives have changed since coming out
Beyond the trans tipping point: Cerian Jenkins on non-binary inclusivity
Alynda Lee Segarra: “It took me a while to get down with Beyoncé”
Interviews with Stella Duffy, Lisa Gornick and Ruth Hunt
Get into gear: Top 10 rides 2017
Lets get quizzical: We test your brainpower with our LGBTeasers
PLUS: Family, career and much, much more!